Health-care providers should personalize preventive care for cardiovascular disease patients age 75 and older. The…
Month: October 2013
Nurturing may protect kids from brain changes linked to poverty
Researchers have identified changes in the brains of children growing up in poverty. Those changes…
One, two, buckle my shoe: Importance of language to learning math
The language a child speaks affects the rate at which they learn number words, and…
Carbon worlds may be waterless, NASA study finds
Planets rich in carbon, including so-called diamond planets, may lack oceans, according to NASA-funded theoretical…
Scientists wary of shale oil and gas as U.S. energy salvation
After 10 years of production, shale gas in the United States cannot be considered commercially…
Flow from a nanoscale fluid jet measured: Jet measures 20 to 150 nanometers in diameter, just a few hundred water molecules across
Scientists have measured the flow from a fluid jet so tiny that it would require…
Eliminating unexplained traffic jams: New algorithm to alleviate traffic flow instabilities
If integrated into adaptive cruise-control systems, a new algorithm could mitigate the type of freeway…
NASA’s great observatories begin deepest-ever probe of the universe
NASA’s Hubble, Spitzer and Chandra space telescopes are teaming up to look deeper into the…
Cassini gets new views of Titan’s Land of Lakes
With the sun now shining down over the north pole of Saturn’s moon Titan, a…
Last command sent to Planck space telescope
The Planck space telescope has been turned off after spending nearly 4.5 years soaking up…